Personally I wanted a gown that I could wear for both the ceremony and the reception. The rule here says that for a church ceremony you need to wear a gown with sleeves, or wear a bolero on a strapless gown. So I got a gown with detachable sleeves. Sleevves for church, then strapless afterwards.

This is what it turned out like.

sorry, this is a non-pro pix. Ill upload a better one as soon as we get the pro pics.